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All I wanted to say was that "if you are a editor of DMOZ" approve quality and cycle through your category make sure sites are up to quality. Some or most of DMOZ mods have no web experience and do not deserve the right to moderate. Even if they are volunteers do what they are supposed to do (Manage your Category).

If you are a volunteer and you cry about it every time, or dont want to do it, then stop doing it let someone that will be better at it do the job.

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Whose crying about anything?
But for your information as an editall I can edit anywhere in the directory that gives me access to over 4 million listed sites and all the suggested ones too, now just say that again about looking after my category will you? If you don't know what you are talking about don't talk and don't you cry when you are put right.
And if you think you might be the one to take any editors place, then press the offer as an editor button, pass the test and do it. Truth is that we could do with a couple a hundred thousand more editors and then suggestions might get handled in a sensible time. Any editor leaving just makes the process slower.

Whose crying about anything?
But for your information as an editall I can edit anywhere in the directory that gives me access to over 4 million listed sites and all the suggested ones too, now just say that again about looking after my category will you? If you don't know what you are talking about don't talk and don't you cry when you are put right.
And if you think you might be the one to take any editors place, then press the offer as an editor button, pass the test and do it. Truth is that we could do with a couple a hundred thousand more editors and then suggestions might get handled in a sensible time. Any editor leaving just makes the process slower.

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Just because you are a volunteer don't mean you can slack. Why worry about 4 million links? Worry about your own category. The whole point of having people volunteer per category is that exact reason.

Anyways... I don't plan to apply don't have the time. However I would be willing to pay $5, $10, $20 to get my link approved on DMOZ. Maybe the directory grew too big for its own good and its time to re-think what and how it provides its services.

Broken links and poor quality is working against what DMOZ was originally created for.

What if someone volunteers at a soup kitchen one day a month .... Are you going to bag them and call them slack as they don't do it two days a month!

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I don't know what kind of agreement the volunteers of DMOZ have, but I highly doubt that it's "do something sometimes, even once a year". I know there is most likely no times set in stone like in any 9-to-5 paid position, but I agree that it still doesn't mean that one should just slack and maybe approve/disapprove something only now and then.

If someone was working only one day (8 hours) a month at DMOZ I guess they'de get more of the job done than what gets done nowadays.

So I've applied a few times with my site in the signature over the past year and never got accepted.

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Back to the OP; it is kind of ironic that you call DMOZ horrible. What about your site - it only consists of a few pages about your web design business; no real information of any value. Why would DMOZ even want to list it? Of what value would it be it the relevant DMOZ category for the surfer if you were listed? Would the category increase in value if your site was listed?

DMOZ is not a listing service for webmasters (that you are complaining about it not being!); it is there to provide a category of useful resources.

Back to the OP; it is kind of ironic that you call DMOZ horrible. What about your site - it only consists of a few pages about your web design business; no real information of any value. Why would DMOZ even want to list it? Of what value would it be it the relevant DMOZ category for the surfer if you were listed? Would the category increase in value if your site was listed?

DMOZ is not a listing service for webmasters (that you are complaining about it not being!); it is there to provide a category of useful resources.

It seems to me that most of the websites are very old, accepted years ago and no one has recently visited them. Some sites are expired, broken links and re-directs. I know its hard enough keeping up with all the submissions but it seems that accepted sites are being forgotten about.

We have patrolling robots to find expired, broken links and re-directs and they generally move such sites out of the public pages for editorial review.

I've looked at all the examples you gave and three, whilst pretty basic, appear to be viable websites. The other is no longer offering its services and has been delisted.

If you think that particular topic is important, why not volunteer to be part of the solution (but not for that cat because it's too large for a beginner)? Personally, I don't because it's primarily only of use to people determined to hire a web developer, any web developer, beginning with the letter W. I doubt if they exist .

Really, How can you say that? All says dmoz not accepting new entries
Also I have seen many quality websites are not approved, yet some crap sites are approved.
May be by bribing some editor there. Yeah, I agree with this.

Really, How can you say that? All says dmoz not accepting new entries.

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DMOZ is still the fastest growing directory on the web. Where are you getting your info from that its not accepting new entries? You are just making it up. Why would you do that for?
This yr DMOZ has grown from 5,114,083 sites listed on 1 Jan to 5,223,457 today - even with all the sites deleted, that a net increase of almost 110 000 sites in 7 months! Thats awesome! What other directory is coming close to growing that fast?

DMOZ is still the fastest growing directory on the web. Where are you getting your info from that its not accepting new entries? You are just making it up. Why would you do that for?
This yr DMOZ has grown from 5,114,083 sites listed on 1 Jan to 5,223,457 today - even with all the sites deleted, that a net increase of almost 110 000 sites in 7 months! Thats awesome! What other directory is coming close to growing that fast?

No they have not started again. They never stopped. You just believed the propaganda and rhetoric from disgruntled webmasters in forums who were expecting some sort of service and did not get it. Better to deal in facts from the source. Monitor the number of listed sites that are at the bottom of the home page.

If you have already submitted your site before, don't stupidly submit it again.